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The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1887-02-19
Precise.

A policeman was being examined
as a witness against an Irishman
whom he had just brought before
local court. After the officer had
told his story the judge inquired
"What did the man say to you
when you arrested him ?"
HE said he was drunk"
II want his precise words, Just as
he uttered them. He did not use
the pronoun he, did he ?"
80, yes, he did He said he was
drunk he acknowledged the corn p
"You don't understand me all. l
want the words just as he uttered
them. Did he say, 81 was drunk ?"
"Oh, no, your honor, he didn't
say you was drunk. I wouldn't al
low any man TO charge that upon
you in my presence"
"a fedgling lawyer, occupying a
seat in the court, here desired to air
his powers and said,-
"Pshaw! you don't comprehend
at all. His honor means, did the
prisoner say to you, Il was drunk y
"Waal, he might have said you
was drunk, but didn't hear him."
What the court DESIRES" said
another lawyer, lis to have you state
the prisoners own words, preserving
the precise form ofpronoun he made
use of in the reply. Was it in the frs
person, l ;second person, thou or yor
or in the third person, he. she, or it
Now, then, did sir, did not the pris
oner say, L was drunk ?"
mo, he didn't say you was DRUM
neither. Do yer suppose the poo
Teller charged the whole court will
being drunk?"
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1887-02-19

Europe is so peaceful now that it
is impossible to supply the universal
demand for arms.-Post-Di Dispatch.
A New York man advertises to re-
store old paintings. Wonder how
many he has stolen Burlington
Free Press.
Scientists believe it impossible for
a man to have a double. If this is
so, how can man be beside him
self?-Life.
As you can now get two hundred
quinine pills for dollar, we should
say that quinine is getting to be a
drug in the market.-Puck
The World says that the woman's
hustle must go, The World is mis-
taKen. 1t is the woman that must
go. The hustle must follow Bazaar
1t is estimated that it will cost a.
about 100000 establish the boun.
dry line between Alaska and British
North America.
The increase in the value of prop.
erty in Alabama in the last four year
amounts to the respectable sum Of
S35,000,000, much of which is due t.
the iron industry.
An Albany(N.Y.) toboggan chut,
sends the passengers down at tn,
rate of ninty-threc miles an hour
A Washington lady has presented
Mrs Cleveland a little mormoset, ,
small species of monkey, eight inche,
in length.
Japanese orange trees are bein,
introduced into California. The,
will give new and excellent variet,
of fruit.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1887-02-19
Hard and Easy.

Everybody sooner or later has
both kinds of people to encounter
and get along with. We always like
to deal with the easy people; in all
except rare cases, you will find
hem the brightest people.
Hard people in business drive
their dickers in IL rough, uncouth
way, working against the uneven
when they soull do far better bv
smoothing it. Hard-to-get-along-
with-leople find fault surlily when
core ction Of mistakes would bear
pleasant treatment. Then. there are
the dilly-dallying people, who take
up your time and fret your patience
because OF their irrcsolution the sly
people, who, however fairly they
may talk to your face, and appear
nice, are Enthusiastically, because
they are not to be depended on when
ones back is turned the discomfort
ed people, who are never ut n loss
for something to complain about.
You meet these among men and
women. They get their characters
tics known, and are avoided as much
as possible. A lady, who had con-
tracted the unpleasant habit of 50
answering, found herself at last 50
ingrained with the words of com.
plant that, sick or well, on meeting
friends, the invariable utterance that
came to her lips was, | feel so badly
to-day" although sympathy had
long been dulled because of the tier
alton. But the easy people-how
brightly getting along with them
goes The people who transact bust
ness, even when it's rub and hard
rub against their fellows, as if there
was oil poured on every word; who
get the best of their bargains, partly
by their even-going spirit who even
know how TO take the sting out of Il
rebuke or a refusal.
What pleasure there is in deal
ing or speaking with the frank man,
whose candor is as certain to you as
though his thoughts were in Il glass
case. What a pleasure to meet the
decided man, who hears your case,
grasps the thing he intends to do in
Il short, direct fashion, and sends
you away satisfied at least that you
have received his decision for the
time being.
These traits are set opposite each
other because both kinds are cult
vatable. Which would you rather
have? Set about and gain them.
a gentleman, who, when young
man, found his temper getting ahead
resolved to master it, and succeeded
so thoroughly that to-day whoever
knows him speaks of him as atiable
casy-natured Ga misnomer of hi.
gentleness), and yet always with
decidad and clear opinions on hi.
subjects. Whatever volcano wai
underneath has been so brough
under control that now it only serves
to give tone to an otherwise fine dis.
position, Isn't such a success.
worth emulating?
Would you rather be hard or easy
to get along with
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1887-02-19
READ THIS
TWICE.

In addition to our premiums OF
music and "Mikako" cards, we have
Just issued a beautiful panel picture,
in colors, l4x26, facsimile repro
duction Of one of the Paris salon
paintings for 1884, entitled Two
Sisters" 1t is a perfect gem, and
well worthy place on the wall OF
any of the patrons Of Dobbins' Flee
trio Soap. We have copyrighted it,
and it cannot be issued by any other
house than ourselves. The edition
is limited, and will be issued gratis
to readers Of this paper in the fol-
lowing manner only:
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1887-02-19

ORIGIN OF THE VIoLIN.-The ma
tives of Hindostan have long had an
instrument called the "ravauastron. -
at first constructed in Il rude man
ner out c. II hollow piece of syca-
more Goo!, but afterward developed
ir.o a practicable violin. The rudest
Of these has two or three strings.
and it is played with Il bow. This
was undoubtedly the origin of the
violin. Its invention is attributed
by Hindoo tradition to King Ravana,
who reigned in ceylon.
The Queen Of Greece takes her air
ings in a carriage for which she has
paid 5000.
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BFNSQAlS POROUS PE9gTERS !
tptfLISH0E ss :. SO r
''N.g...es.SSSSss
WINTER EXPOSURE CAUSES
COlIGlC
COUGHS

Colds Pleursy. rheumatism Pneumonia.
Neuralgia, Scintica, LuDhago lackache aud
other ailments, for which Bensnns Cnpcine
flasters are admitted to be- the best REMEDY
known. They relieve and cure IN "a few hours
when no other application is OF the least beneiit
Endorsed by 5000 Physicians and Druggists
Beware uf limitations under similar sounding
names such as "Capsicum" "Capslclnn or Cap
slclne ASK FOR BEHsONs AND TAKE No OTHERS
EAainine carefully when you buy All druggists
SEABUkI a JOHNSON. lrOprietors New York
Tlus-ikN
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1887-02-19

WIllJV FOR ALL. Permanent employ
WITHIN ment given TO energetic men and
HQIiIAi women everywhere $50 a week and
expenses paid. Samples worth s.
and all particulars sent free. Address at once
T.. o. NlCKERY, Augusta, Maine. Don't miss
TINS chance, Write to-day.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1887-02-19

Good, kind, true, holy words dropped
in conversation may be little thought
OF, but they are like seeds offiowers
of fruitful trees falling by the way
side, borne by some bird afar, hap
PLY thereafter to fringe with beauty
some barren mountain, or to make
glad some lone wilderness.
The German Army Bill-Emper-
or William.
Taken aback-A boy playing leap
frog.
A distant relative-Your brother
in Charlottesville Breeze.
A man may have a great head
from other than intellectual causes.
Boston Post.
While the fashion of high hats is
in vogue is the time to elevate the
stage.--Life.
"By the way, Fred, seen anything
of Skinner lately?"
skinner ? No ; he's dead"
"Dead ! My heavens, old fellow
you don't mean that? Are you sure
he's dead ? When did it happen ?"
"When ? l don't know"
"Sure ?"
Certainly I'm sure. He said he
would he at my place last Thursday
eve and pay me that $40, if he was
alive-and he didn't come"
Ella Wheeler Wilcox says she can
see more light than darkness in the
world. So can we, Ella, when the
sidewalks are one sheet of ice.-Bur-
lington Free Press.
"Does a dollar go as far as it used
TOP" asks an exchange. We think
it does; in fact it goes so far that We
have some trouble in keeping it in
sight.-New Haven News.
Mother-''Elsie, l think shall
make this dress just like the one you
have on" Elsie-"Why, mamma
if l have two dresses alike peopl,
will think I'm twins."-Judge.
Nothing can make a girl more un
happy at present than to be invited
to 60 tobogganing-if she has no to
bogganing suit.-Berlin Courier.
The debt ofthe Union and Contra
Pacific Railroad companies amount
to 1857, 332,615.
In some gardens in San Leandoro
California, raspberries and straw
berries are ripening.
1t is said the area of winter whea
! is decreasing and area of sprinl
wheat increasing.
Z $50 the Tankervilles are goin
/ into the divorce courts, eh?"
yes"
"Ha! didn't know that Mrs. Z
did anything in amateur theatricals.
"She dosen't; she went toboggar
=" ing"
Out of the suffering comes tn
: serious mind; out of salvation. tn
grateful heart.
The natives of Hindostan hay
-, long had an instrument called I'll
>, ravanastron, at first constructed in
~ rude manner out of hollow piec
of sycamore wood, but afterwar
developed into a practicable wolf
> The rudest of these has two or thr,
; strings, and it is played with DO,
81 This was undoubtedly the origin
IT, the violin. Its invention is attribr
a. ted by Hindoo tradition to XII
n Ravana, who reigned in Ceylon.
VICTORIA KNITTING Sill
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1887-02-19

There is no place like home, cs-
p7cially if it's the home of your hest
girl.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1887-02-19

NOTICE.
To encourage Art Needlework, we
offer to distribute after December Ist
OUer Sirty-fUe Cash Premiums. from
T.00 to $500 each, for the best
Specimens Of Knitting and CrOchetinq
done with this Silk.
All articles returned promptly in
time to serUe as Holiday Presents.
Send Postal request for our Pre-
mum Circular, giving full particulars.
The Bralnerd & Armstrong Spool silk Co.,
s7l xa:fs sisa., FAlaasl.Ala, Pa
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1887-02-19
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HINDERCORNS.

Thoaafest srcst and besteure for Corns Buniona &C.
Stops all pain Ensures comfort ~ the feet Never fails
" cure. 10 cents ut druggists nIsCoZ q Co., N. Y.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1887-01-29
Working Women.

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The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1887-01-29
Incersol! on the Curse Of Millions.

The Increase Of wealth to in
d~iy;d1als causes mouiioi evils to
the many. Ever Stree that day
whtn Pandora, unlocking her
chest, raiucd down upon humanity
ler manifold evils, no such a curse
ha, fallen upon Us "a the indiv.d-
ual boarding OF wealth. When the
few Become rich the many become
poor. There is not one man in
tbs great city ot New York wao
can own $4,000. 900. the 5,QO0,-
900 owns him. He is the SAFE, the
money ;he key. Nhen man gets
$1,000. 600 invariably wants more.
~"Iuaginc Il man with two mill
ions OF coata. three or four millions
Of bats and billions of neckties.
He goes to bed at night with 4 te-
v%eri.ll brain, losses in a bed oI
semi-dclirium and arises in tie
morning tired, ugly and unhappy.
lie leaves his home without sm:i-
iNg upon his mniiy, hastcns IT, his
business. and at night again he re-
turns home, having added to his
Aaerchand.,e one more uocLtjn.
Think OF il. Is this not the cas-
with our mi.iiouaires!
Wrru THE Wo8HGNCMEN.
Itch you, my friends, there is
something wrong. How Il ln2a
with millions can remain haptv
wink hundreds are starving Is "a
problem | never could solve. !
don t wiss to antagenize Any reli2i-
Gus or political creed, but | WI.
s4v, right here, that none Of them
can pat Il paddock on @y lips al !
prevent me rom saying and acting
rs / belirvc. From henccforth !
an with the workiugmen-lir&t, las
AMI all the time | will fight with
them, | will vote with them and
will counsel with them. Let ms
nlx;,, N,, hnv-,,-a. -, v-Irtn-.,
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1887-01-29

Snba@.be tor the LkADEn.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1887-09-16
Acreage,

Sorghum condition, 67% garden
product, GA b; dairy products, rs; bees,
63 per cent. As TO number and condi-
tion; poultry, full average as 10
number and condition.
Live stock of every description is
reported to be In good condition at
present. In many places the grass
has dried up, and number of farm
era are already feeding their stock.
This report is made up from the
letters OF seventy -four correspondents
whose residences embrace sixty-three
counties, covering every section OF
the State.
The bulk of the wheat crop has
been threshed, aud the condition of
that crop has dropped nearly six
points since my last monthly report
The fruit crop remains about the
same as In my last report.
The prospect for full average
yield Of crops in Kentucky this year
cannot be said to be at all flattering
at this time. The two well defined
drouths Of four TO five weeks each,
which were rendered phenomenally
damaging by the intense, blazing
heat, have made such yield next to,
II not quite, impossible. However,
should the rains that generally pre-
cede or follow the autumnal equinox,
prove copious, with moderately warm
weather, the resulting improvement
in the all-prevading grass crops, may,
In some measure. compensate the
farmers of Kentucky for their losses
by the burning drouth.
JOHN. f. DAVIS,
Commissioner OF Agriculture, etc.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1887-09-16
Best All round Medicine In the
World-Wonderful Cure Of
Catarrh.

PALARE HOTEL, CINCINNATI, o.,
February %, 1887.
Gentlemen-Ever since l was ten
years old / have had catarrh. tried
all kinds Of medicine and the best
physicians for the past fifteen years,
but without any benefit. A few
years ago l began on S. S. s., and
after taking IL for six months / was
entirely cured. My blood was
thoroughly cleansed, and I felt per-
fectly well. Ihave not been troubled
with the slightest touch of the disease
from that day to this. / do not ex-
aggerate when 1 saw that from the
age of ten to twenty have spent fully
$1,000. | spent three months in Phil
adelphia under an eminent catarrh
specialists, at cost Of about $1,000
but got no satisfactory results from
his unquestionable skill. Frequently
during those ten years was confined
TO the house for weeks. have and
shall continue to recommend S. S. S
TO hundreds of people. l regard it
as the best "all round" medicine in
the world. AS blood purifier 1t has
no equal, and 1t is sure specific in
catarrh. JAMES Il. iILL.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1887-09-16
a STUDY OF MOTHERS.
some Feminine poculiarlt'es DiscoveTI
by an ObserVing Lady.

Some Feminine Pocuiiarit!e4 Discovered
by an Observing Lady.
When / was n girl mothers were an
object of veneration 10 me; and now,
rs one of the vast army of Them like
to continue the study of theirpecnliari-
lies of character. Veneration still
stands first on the list Of my sentiments
for them. but alas! how many another
feeling is aroused during the study
amazement, pity, anger, and some
tines disgust.
remember sitting one day in my
nursery by the crib where my boy lay
mapping, when an intimate friend ap-
peared mt the door, and entering sunk
into n chair.
"What is the matter. Mrs. R." ]
inquired.
"Why, Pet ia lead.
your pretty horseP'
.Yes, beautiful animal. 1t is always
so with me-"
"How do you meanP"
"Why, of course it is my handsomest
horse. 1t was the same with my chill
drcn. lost the beautiful one-the
others all lived"
looked up in astonishment, and
then and there true veneration in the
case resigned its place to amazement;
and vet that woman was the mother oi
several well-looking, finely-formed
healthy childrcn-the ones that would
not die.
Again. one lovely summer day, on
the way to my room at the hotel where
was boarding, l passed the bath
room, the door of which was wide
open; there in the direct draught,
twixt door and window, stood Bridget,
areally good natured, though "grcen,"
Irish girl, holding a baby under tho
warm water faucet.
so Bridget, you will hurt the babyP
l exclaimed.
"Nivir hurt. Shure | soaps hel
first and then renses her Off (keepins
up swining motion with the baby al
.he time that made me dizzy.
Doesn't she ever cry?"
'Nivcr a whimper the darlint."
And no wouder Her eyes wcrc
closed. and she looked drawn ant
white about the mouth, while the res
of her body was more than rosy from
the water, that came, of course
warmer and warmer.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1887-09-16
Is K issing unhealthy9



There is a Scandinavian tradition
to the effect that kissing was first in
duced into England by Rowena, the
beautiful daughter of Hengist. Again
in CromwelPs time, says the Des
Moines (Iowa) Journal, when the
banished Cavendish visited French
nobleman at his own chateau, the
mistress of the house, at the head OF
her maidens, thus greeted him. "For-
asmuch as ye be an Englishman
whose custom it is in your country
10 kiss all the ladies and gentlewo-
men without of1ense, and although II
be not SO here in this realm, yet will
| be so bold as to kiss you, and so
shall all my maidens."
And now at this late day the habit,
which is as old as the first courtship
and which has produced barrels and
barrels of satisfaction from the day
which ia mentioned in the sixth chap
fer of Genesis, when "the sons of God
saw the daughters of men that they
were fair" this beautiful habit is con
demned by hard-hearted old scien'
tist. who is probably so repulsive thai
no pretty woman has ever ventured
to place her pearly lips in contac
with his cuticle of mucous membrane
The idea Only think OF It'll ThiI
old fellow says that kissing is un
healthy, that the mouth is inhabited
by an innumerable number of ami
malculm, and that these are set ire'
in lhe act of kissing and pass IRON
one mouth 10 another. All right
lat them come. We are not afraid o
animalcul@.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1887-09-16
The Verdict Unanimous

w. d. Suit, Druggist, Bippus, Ind,
testifes: 81 can recommend Electric
Bittcrs as the very best remedy. Ev-
cry bottle sold has given relief in ev-
cry case. One man took six bottles,
and was cured of rheumatism of 10
years standing" Abraham Hare,
druggist, Bellyille, Ohio, afiirms /:
"The best selling medicine have ev-
er handled in my 20 years experience,
is Electric Bitters." Thousands of
others have added their testimony, so
that the verdict is unanimous that
Electric Bitters do cure all diseases of
the Liver, Kidney or blood. Ouly a
half dollar a bottle at Harry u. Gar
ner's City Pharmacy.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1887-09-16
AMATEUR eorANIsTs.


,,-,. rt.. rroy, naau and Are. Doing
~ for the Cause OF Science.
The proper direction and utilization
of tho work of amateurs is of special
inno,tance in this country. The anna
tour abounds more with us than with
any other country with the exception
of ENGLAND. We have an immense va
rietv. from the gay and gallant young
man who /, going to do something for
science, but who now can hardly pay
his club expenses in the winter and run
a stcom Yacht in the summer. down to
the impecunious ignoramus who in
forms YOU that he is going TO write q
book, to include all the fungi of this
continent, and coolly asks you to give
mr. lend him all your books and speci-
mems. and tell him how 10 begin.
Wa have the male bore, who kills
our time by forcing us to help
I'm kill his; and copious
supply of mild-eyed, sweet-tongued
women, whom we can not scold be-
cause they are conscientious, and whom
we can not get rid Of because they
really have no other amusement. But
the botanist has n slight twinge OF con-
science when he thinks that the kinds
of amateurs of which | have spoken arc
tolerated mainly in the hope, sweet but
prolonged, that they may contribute
funds to some botanical endowments.
But alas! the gold mills of tho ANA
teurs grind slowly, and they grind ex-
ceedingly small. The large sums sell
dom come from amateurs, but gencr-
ally from hard-headed business men
who do not pretend to be botanisis.
but who, with liberality that does in-
finite credit to us as nation, give
their money as public good. Ii is
supernuous for botanists TO express
their admiration of this class of liberal
men. We more than admire them
we live on thcml
But, fortunately for botany in this
country. we have many amateurs OF